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Moth's Graphics & Test Thread

No one could deny that the Balram Chowdhury was a man of great charisma. With a voice like steel, the metallic reverberations that came from deep within set attention upon him. He was hypnotic, as if he could cast some strange magic in the tender lulls and the fiery highs of his speeches. The Chancellor of the Exchequer was, at present, delivering his Budget speech, sipping every few paragraphs on a soda water. He always sipped.

“He’s a Fletcherist, you know.” Graham Harvey, the Member for Hartlepool, whispered as he leaned into the ear of his colleague, his eyes unable to move away from the man just three rows down in the green.

“I thought he was Anglican.” Susan Hunt, the Member for Clacton, replied softly with a raise brow, watching as Balram’s hands animated.

“He’s not, he’s as atheistic as half the church he claims to be a member of. But you notice how he only sips? You should see him eat, he chews until it’s liquid.”

There was a pause as they continued to listen to Balram. Harvey rolled his tongue over his teeth and a hand over the bald of his head until he felt the black belt of his hairline beyond his crown. He didn’t care much for Balram. They had entered Parliament together twelve years, and now in their sophomoric term in Government, Harvey felt his heart turn green whenever he saw him.

“What does it matter how he chews?” Susan whispered back sharply.

“It doesn’t.”

“So why bring it up?”
 
1974-1979: Matthew Bloom (Conservative)
def. 1974 (Majority): John Williamson (Labour), Andrew McIrvine (Liberal)
1979-1984: John Williamson (Labour)
def. 1979 (Majority): Matthew Bloom (Conservative), Charlie Servile (Liberal)
1984-1997: Anthony Welland (Conservative)
def. 1984 (Minority with Liberal s/c): John Williamson (Labour), Charlie Servile (Liberal)
def. 1986 (Social Democrats Coalition): John Williamson (Labour), Charlie Servile (Liberal), David Keighley (Social Democrats)
def. 1991 (Social Democrats Coalition minority with Liberal People's s/c): John Williamson (Labour), Hugh Long (Liberal People's), James Key (Social Democrats), Ed Ross (Scottish Liberal)
def. 1995 (Majority): Philip Rose (Labour), James Key (Social Democrats), John Black (Liberal People's), Ed Ross (Scottish Liberal)
1997-2005: James Fischer (Conservative)
def. 2000 (Social Democrats Coalition): Ross Kelvin (Labour), Ed Ross (Liberal), James Key (Social Democrats), James Davidson (Greens)
2005-2012: Ross Kelvin Sr. (Labour)
def. 2005 (Majority): James Fischer (Conservative), Ed Ross (Liberal), James Davidson (Greens), James Key (Social Democrats)
def. 2010 (Minority with Liberal s/c): James Key (Conservative & Social Democrats), Ed Ross (Liberal), James Davidson (Greens)
2012-2019: Williams Davies (Labour)
def. 2015 (Conservative & Social Democrats Coalition): Tony Russell (Conservative & Social Democrats), Edward McMann ('Action' Liberal), Adam Williams (Greens), Ross Kelvin Jr. ('Anti-Coalition' Labour), John Black ('Pacifist' Liberal)
2019-2020: Tony Russell (Conservative & Social Democrats)
def. 2019 (Majority): Adam Williams (Greens), Williams Davies (Labour), Ross Kelvin Jr. (National Labour)
2020-2025: Adam Williams (Greens)
def. 2020 (Labour Coalition): Tony Russell (Conservative & Social Democrats), Ross Kelvin Jr. (Labour)
 
So I tell them that
I can fly, I will scream, I will break my arm
I will do me harm
Here I stand, foot in hand, talking to my wall
I'm not quite right at all, am I?
Don't set me free, I'm as heavy as can be
Just my librium and me
And my E.S.T. makes three
 
1979-1987: William Barclay (People's)
def. 1979 (Liberal Coalition): Andrew Vincent (Labour), Clive Barrow (Liberal), Alan Goode (New Liberal Association)
def. 1984 (Liberal Coalition): Peter Daniels (Labour), Harold Newson (Liberal), Alan Goode (Rainbow Group), Lewis Waters (Reform)
1987-1999: John Peters (People's)
def. 1989 (Liberal Coalition): Peter Daniels (Labour), Harold Newson (Liberal), Harry Berk (Rainbow), William Barker (New Liberal), Lewis Waters (Reform)
def. 1994 (Liberal Coalition): Helen Anderson (Labour), Harold Newson (Liberal), William Barker (New Liberal), Lewis Waters (Reform), Harry Berk (Rainbow)
def. 1998 (Liberal Coalition): Mark Danson (Labour), Harold Newson (Liberal), John Lavington (Green), Lewis Waters (Reform), Sophie Donald (New Liberal), Erik McMann (Socialist)
1999-2000: Harold Newson (Liberal) [acting]
2000-2004: Cillian Evans (People's)
2004-2009: Mark Danson (Labour)
def. 2004 (Popular Front Coalition): Cillian Evans (People's), Julian Merrill (Liberal), Katherine Lavington/Paul Bull (Green), Erik McMann (Socialist), Lewis Waters (Reform), Sophie Donald (New Liberal)
2009-20??: Sophie Donald ('United' Liberal)
def. 2009 (Labour Coalition with People's s/c): Wilson Clarke (People's), Mark George (National Front), Mark Danson (Labour), Judith Hunt (Green), Dennis Simpson (Socialist), Peter Waters (Reform)
def. 2014 (Labour--Green--Welfare Coalition): Esther Lange (People's), Mark George (National Front), Paul Thompson (Labour), Dennis Simpson (Socialist), Peter Waters (Reform), Judith Hunt (Green), Anna Hazel (Welfare)
 
moth said:
The GLC used Westminster Constituencies, so... kinda?
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Unnecessary pedantry: Well, from 1973 onwards - before that each borough had a certain number of councillors elected by bloc vote, until that was stopped when people realised it was ridiculous (insert joke about New Hampshire here)

I can't look at Boothroyd's page of results without feeling disappointed that modern London's Westminster boundaries are way less aesthetically pleasing than the 1970s ones.
 
Bürgermeister of the Stadt Lifankia

1946-1950: Karl Lange (Stadtarbeiter)
def. 1946 (Majority): Helmut Weiss (Bürgerreform), various (Kommunist), Paul Herrmann (Freihandel)

1950-1954: Helmut Weiss (Bürgerreform)
def. 1950 (Freihandel Coalition): Karle Lange (Stadrarbeiter), Paul Hermman (Freihandel)

1954-1974: Isaiah Hofmann (Stadtarbeiter)
def. 1954 (Majority): Helmut Weiss (Bürgerreform & Freihandel Alliance)
def. 1958 (Majority): Hans Köhler (Bürgerreform & Freihandel Alliance)
def. 1962 (Majority): Hans Köhler (Bürgerreform & Freihandel Alliance)
def. 1966 (Majority): Gerhard Richter (Bürgerreform)
def. 1970 (Majority): Dieter Peters (Bürgerreform)

1974-1982: Dieter Peters (Bürgerreform)
def. 1974 (Majority): Isaiah Hofmann (Stadtarbeiter)
def. 1978 (Majority): Rolf Jung (Stadtarbeiter)

1982-1986: Rolf Jung (Stadtarbeiter)
def. 1982 (Majority): Dieter Peters (Bürgerreform), Andreas Schwarz (Volksreform)

1986-1990: Heinrich Krause (Bürgerreform)
def. 1986 (Majority): Rolf Jung (Stadtarbeiter), Andreas Schwarz (Volksreform)

1990-2006: Kürt Lehmann (Stadtarbeiter)
def. 1990 (Majority): Heinrich Krause (Bürgerreform), Andreas Schwarz (Volksreform)
def. 1994 (Majority): Stefan Neumann (Bürgerreform), Stephen Mayer (Volksreform)
def. 1998 (Majority): Stefan Neumann (Bürgerreform)
def. 2002 (Majority): Stefan Neumann (Bürgerreform)

2006-2012: Stefan Neumann (Bürgerreform)
def. 2006 (Majority): Kürt Lehmann (Stadtarbeiter)
def. 2010 (Majority): Kürt Lehmann (Stadtarbeiter)

2012-2014: Bernd Jäger (Bürgerreform)

2014-2016: Kürt Lehmann (Stadtarbeiter)
def. 2014 (Majority): Bernd Jäger (Bürgerreform)

2016-20??: Ekin Kühn (Stadtarbeiter)
def. 2018 (Majority): Xavier Stein (Bürgerreform)
 
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Shovelling the remains of a dead cat into the steel refrigeration bin, Kirsty Garth winced. The gash on her lower lip had burst again, and dark red oozed from a thick bruise. Screws of pain riveted their was through her jaw. She slipped the rupture into her mouth, covering it with her upper lip, suckling on the metallic taste of blood. With a sigh, her shoulders drooped. It was the third time today the cut had opened up; she had considered ointment, but her saliva made it difficult to apply. Instead, as the pulped remains of the cat dropped with a heavy, wet thud from her shovel and into the bin, she sucked her bleeding lip.

It was the fifth cat since Wednesday, and today was now Friday. The poor things kept getting stuck while climbing down from the balconies, used to the drop nets. They’d get stuck on panels and polls, and when they tried to jump back up and inevitably miss the ledge, they fell. Slipping the lid onto the bin and picking it up, Kirsty nodded to her assistant, who began to spray the ground with a bloody smear with a heavy smelling disinfectant. It was fortunate that the ground floor of Roche Tower was so desolate; it at least meant no one was going to walk into anything. Hauling the bin onto a cart, Kirsty considered her own fortune as she wiped her brow with her exposed forearm. At least she was just scraping up dead animals; at least she wasn’t on the Corpse Crew.

Pulling the belt of her overalls tight, she began to to push the cart towards a service elevator, thumping the scuffed metal calling pad when she reached it. The doors heaved open after a moment. There was a man in the elevator, small and pressing himself into the corner. His eyes seemed to light up when he saw Kirsty, his head rising and his back straightening. She did her best to not notice him, shrugging with indifference as she pushed the cart into the elevator next to him. The cart thudded into the wall. As she reached over to check the lid on the bin was secure, her lips folded into a silent snarl, looking at him from the corner of her eyes. He was the kind of man who’d use the service elevators because he felt it was his right. The kind to take whatever he wanted when he wanted it. She was sure of it.

The man was staring at her. She could feel the sweat hot and sticky on her back. He kept staring. Remembering that she had an extendable baton in her pocket, she pressed her hand against it through the fabric of her overalls. He didn’t notice. Instead he kept staring.

“Kirsty?”

The sweat on her back froze. Her eyes went tight. She looked to him; Aston looked back, his lips creased into an earnest smile. The blood retreated from her face, her head feelings lighter. Gripping the cart for support as her legs went gelatinous, she swallowed hard, and after a few moments of noiselessly moving her lips, finally spluttered: “Aaron?”
 
moth said:
The sweat on her back froze. Her eyes went tight. She looked to him; Aston looked back, his lips creased into an earnest smile. The blood retreated from her face, her head feelings lighter. Gripping the cart for support as her legs went gelatinous, she swallowed hard, and after a few moments of noiselessly moving her lips, finally spluttered: “Aaron?”
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Oh shit. Really should have seen this coming.
 
Skaven said:
Oh shit. Really should have seen this coming.
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It's the OG draft for 2:4, although you can guess why I didn't go with this and repositioned it to Aston's perspective (which reminds me- the still never going to upload first full draft of Chapter One was meant to have two distinct POVs, Aston and a character named 'Charlie', who would receive Aston's body; I'll never upload it as I cannablised the whole thing and Charlie was terminally nothing).
 
1940-1947: Sir Andrew McKay (Independent led National Coalition)
1940-1945: War Coalition of All Parties
def. 1945 (National Coalition): Edward Davies ('Victory' Labour)
1947-1955: John Byron (Unionist led National Coalition)
def. 1950 (National Coalition): Edward Davies ('Victory' Labour)
1955-1964: Alistair Wallace (Labour)
def. 1955 (Majority): John Byron (Conservative led National Coalition)
def. 1959 (Majority): Cedric H. Howell (Union), Ross Finsbury (Liberal)
1959-196?: Ross Finsbury (Liberal)
def. 1964 (Majority): Alistair Wallace (Labour), Cedric H. Howell (Union)
 
1950-1951: Ralph Harrow (Labour)
def. 1950 (48%): Thomas Stanley (National Liberal) - 41%, Cecil Campbell (Independent) - 10%, John Thorpe (Communist) - 1%
1951-1966: Gordon Leckie (National Liberal)
def. 1951 (50%): Ralph Harrow (Labour) - 48%, John Thorpe (Communist) - 2%
def. 1955 (48%): Ralph Harrow (Labour) - 45%, Donald Hinckley (Independent) - 5%, John Thorpe (Communist) - 2%
def. 1959 (47%): Ralph Harrow (Labour) - 45%, John Thorpe (Communist) - 8%
def. 1964 (40%): Philip Moss (Labour) - 36%, Donald Hinckley (Liberal) - 14%, Patricia Willis (Citizens Survey) - 9%, Niels Andrew (Communist) - 1%
1966-1970: Philip Moss (Labour)
def. 1966 (40%): Gordon Leckie (National Liberal) - 39%, Donald Hinckley (Liberal) - 21%
1970-1974: Allan Hall (Conservative)
def. 1970 (52%): Philip Moss (Labour) - 44%, Donald Hinckley (Liberal) - 4%
1974-19: Philip Moss (Labour)
def. 1974 Feb (43%): William Roberts (Liberal) - 33%, Allan Hall (Conservative) - 24%
def. 1974 Oct (42%): William Roberts (Liberal) - 39%, Wilson Davies (Conservative) - 19%
 
2015: Unionist [228], Liberal [167], Labour [167], Nationalist Bloc [65], Ecological [23]; Liberal & Labour Coalition 'of Equals', Maj. 18
2020: Unionist [241], Labour [192], Liberal [127], Nationalist Bloc [51], Ecological [39], Labour & Liberal Coalition with Ecological s/c, Maj. 86

2015-2022: Dr. Walter Campbell (Independent, Lord Campbell of Yeovilton)
def. 2015 (Liberal & Labour Coalition): John Davenport (Unionist), David Evans (Liberal), William McIrvine (Labour), Alec Robertson/Dafydd Jones (Nationalist Bloc), Susan Peters (Ecological)
def. 2020 (Labour & Liberal Coalition with Ecological s/c): Martha Coleridge-Wilson (Unionist), William McIrvine (Labour), Simon Clarke (Liberal), Alec Robertson/Dafydd Jones (Nationalist Bloc), Susan Peters (Ecological)
2022-2025: William McIrvine (Labour)
 
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The 2018 Crayford Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2018. One third of the council was up for election, with councillors elected in 2014 defending their wards. The Council remained under nominally Independent Control, with the "Pro-Hat" faction under the leadership of Andy McIrvine taking control of the Council from the "Anti-Hat" faction and their leader Ronald Eldridge, despite the latter winning the popular vote. The election resulted in the first change in Overall Control since the factions formed. No other party's contested the election.
 
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